Terrabillion · Orphan Well Ledger

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IL plugging requirements, PRF history, and progress to date

Record
p09-IL-rec-04
State
IL
Category
outcomes · program_outcome
Status
collected
Period
current
Quality
Unreviewed
Review state
Pending review
Native ID
IL-PLUG-RULES-OUTCOMES

Fields

abandonment authority
The Department shall have power to determine what constitutes abandonment.
federal wells plugged
Nearly 100 orphan wells have been plugged thus far using that money
hearing section
Sec. 19.1.
initial scope 600 800
will enable IDNR to address 600 to 800 of the well sites
landowner eligibility
Only those wells declared abandoned by an administrative order issued by the Department are eligible for the landowner grant program.
plugging duty
or when a well is abandoned, then such hole shall be plugged in accordance with rules and regulations
pre federal pace
the state plugged an average of 20 to 25 wells a year
prf established
a program that was established in 1991 to plug leaking and abandoned wells
regional contract rule
Such regional contracts shall be bid out by means of an IFB submitted to all vendors on the bid list.

Evidence

  1. landowner eligibility: Only those wells declared abandoned by an administrative order issued by the Department are eligible for the landowner grant program.
    https://dnr.Illinois.gov/oilandgas/programsandregulations.html · search-result snippet (visit skipped) · source p09-IL-src-04 · visit p09-IL-visit-04
  2. abandonment authority: The Department shall have power to determine what constitutes abandonment.
    https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1391&ChapterID=0&Print=True · search-result snippet (TLS failure) · source p09-IL-src-17 · visit p09-IL-visit-17
  3. plugging duty: or when a well is abandoned, then such hole shall be plugged in accordance with rules and regulations
    https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1391&ChapterID=0&Print=True · search-result snippet (TLS failure) · source p09-IL-src-17 · visit p09-IL-visit-17
  4. hearing section: Sec. 19.1.
    https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1391&ChapterID=0&Print=True · search-result snippet (TLS failure) · source p09-IL-src-17 · visit p09-IL-visit-17
  5. regional contract rule: Such regional contracts shall be bid out by means of an IFB submitted to all vendors on the bid list.
    https://dnr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dnr/adrules/documents/44-610.pdf · search-result snippet (PDF, visit skipped) · source p09-IL-src-19 · visit p09-IL-visit-19
  6. pre federal pace: the state plugged an average of 20 to 25 wells a year
    https://www.governing.com/infrastructure/illinois-oil-boom-left-behind-a-160-million-cleanup-bill · search-result snippet (pre-body truncation) · source p09-IL-src-10 · visit p09-IL-visit-10
  7. federal wells plugged: Nearly 100 orphan wells have been plugged thus far using that money
    https://www.governing.com/infrastructure/illinois-oil-boom-left-behind-a-160-million-cleanup-bill · search-result snippet (pre-body truncation) · source p09-IL-src-10 · visit p09-IL-visit-10
  8. prf established: a program that was established in 1991 to plug leaking and abandoned wells
    https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/taxpayers-could-be-on-the-hook-for-millions-in-cleanup-costs-from-oil-and-gas-wells/ · search-result snippet (nav truncation) · source p09-IL-src-11 · visit p09-IL-visit-11
  9. initial scope 600 800: will enable IDNR to address 600 to 800 of the well sites
    https://www.ibjonline.com/2022/08/29/federal-funding-to-help-illinois-address-up-to-20-percent-of-rural-orphaned-oil-gas-wells/ · search-result snippet (body paragraph) · source p09-IL-src-07 · visit p09-IL-visit-07

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-IL.